One of two Milwaukee men charged in the May 20 shooting of a teenager outside his downtown Port Washington apartment pleaded no contest to attempted first-degree intentional homicide Tuesday and will face a recommended 18-year prison sentence when he appears in an Ozaukee County courtroom next month.

No one knows where she came from, but she appeared — almost magically, some might say — soon after last Christmas and became a daily presence in the lives of the people who live and work in the Saukville neighborhood bordered by Immaculate Conception Church and Saukville Feed Supplies.

The beagle singled out one man in particular, Dan Bolz, a long-time employee at the shuttered Arkema Coating Resins plant who now works there one day a week as a caretaker. He also stores a vintage car there and often can be found working on it.

Ozaukee County Circuit Judge Joseph Voiland, who accused fellow court officials of criminal misconduct and is suing the chief district judge who ordered an investigation into his accusations, has demanded Ozaukee Press retract its reporting on the investigation.

Ozaukee Press has rejected Voiland’s demand, which under Wisconsin law must be made before a libel lawsuit if filed.

The lawyer representing Ozaukee Press, James Friedman of the Madison law firm Godfrey & Kahn, said the statements in news articles alleged by Voiland to be libelous are true.

Youngsters in need of a little joy this Christmas were paired up with law enforcement officers Saturday, Dec. 8, for the fourth annual Shop With A Cop event organized by the Saukville Police Department.

The City of Port Washington could earn as much as $40,000 annually if it allows WEC Energy Group — the parent company of We Energies — to place solar panels atop some of its buildings and on vacant land it owns.

“The economics of renewable energy are changing,” Richard Stasik, director of regulatory finance, planning, systems and strategic and special projects for WEC Energy Group, told the Board of Public Works Tuesday.

An Ozaukee County judge has ordered two Town of Grafton dogs to be destroyed for killing a neighbor’s chickens and a baby goat but their owners, two sisters, say the dogs’ exact whereabouts are unknown because they gave them away.

Circuit Court Judge Sandy Williams said she does not find the owners’ story “credible” and gave them until Dec. 26 to produce the dogs.

According to a civil complaint filed in Ozaukee County Circuit Court and other documents:

Students filled the bleachers in Port Washington High School’s new arena-style gym Monday for an assembly celebrating the opening of the gym, commons, upper and lower cafeterias, offices and performing arts center, which were essentially completed earlier this month as part of a $46.5 million high school project. The public is invited to a 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, open house followed by a 7 p.m. holiday band concert in the performing arts center (right), which has new seats, acoustic ceiling and wall panels and sound and lighting systems.

A citizen’s unique suggestion to use mirrors to ease the difficulty of turning from side streets onto Franklin Street in downtown Port Washington was considered by the Traffic Safety Committee Tuesday.

Convex mirrors could provide a view of Franklin Street that motorists currently don’t have, eliminating the need for drivers to edge into the intersection to see if they can safely cross traffic, members were told.

The suggestion was made by a resident to Street Commissioner J.D. Hoile, who said the person had seen mirrors used in Europe and thought they might be helpful.